Henry Bowes Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk, 4th Earl of Berkshire (1686 – 21 March 1757) was an English peer. He was the son of Craven Howard and Mary Bowes. He married his full cousin Catherine Graham, daughter of Colonel

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and Dorothy Howard (Dorothy and Craven were full siblings, both being children of William Howard, son of

Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (8 October 1587 – 16 July 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1605 and 1622. He was created Earl of Berkshire in 1626. Life Howard was born in Saffron Walden, Essex, ...

), on 5 March 1708 or 1709. They had nine children: *Lady Diana Howard (13 January 1709 or 1710 – January 1712–13) *Henry Howard, Viscount Andover (31 December 1710 – 1717) *Hon.? James Howard (died young) *

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(1714–1756) *Lady Catherine Howard (b. 1716, died young) *Hon. Charles Howard (1719 – 28 September 1773) *

Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk, 7th Earl of Berkshire (11 January 1721 – 3 February 1783) was a British peer, styled Hon. Thomas Howard until 1779. Life A younger son of Henry Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk, he was educated at St John's Coll ...

(1721–1783) *Hon. Graham Howard (1723–1737) *Lady Frances Howard (b. 17 June 1725, died young) On 12 April 1706, he succeeded his great-uncle,

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, as

Earl of Berkshire Earl of Berkshire is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England. It was created for the first time in 1621 for Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire. For more information on this creation (which became extinct on his death in ...

. After the death of

Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk, 1st Earl of Bindon PC (1670 – 19 September 1718) was an English nobleman, styled Lord Walden from 1691 to 1706. Lord Howard was born in London, the son of Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk. He was admitted to ...

in 1718, he was appointed Deputy

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, an office he held until 1725. In 1745, he succeeded a distant cousin as

Earl of Suffolk Earl of Suffolk is a title which has been created four times in the Peerage of England. The first creation, in tandem with the creation of the title of Earl of Norfolk, came before 1069 in favour of Ralph the Staller; but the title was forfe ...

, and became

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of Lichfield in 1755. His son William having been killed in a

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accident in the previous year, was succeeded on his death in 1757 by his grandson

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Henry Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk Henry Bowes Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk, 4th Earl of Berkshire (1686 – 21 March 1757) was an English peer. He was the son of Craven Howard and Mary Bowes. He married his full cousin Catherine Graham, daughter of Colonel James Grahme and Doroth ...